Finally A Citizen!
Jul 3rd 2020, 3:41 pm
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Finally A Citizen!
I am officially a US citizen!!!
Got the notice on June 17th via text/email, was unable to see interview date. I put in a change of address that day.
Moved to FL on June 20th. I was then able to see the oath ceremony was scheduled for Monday, June 29th.
Decided to fly back for the oath ceremony rather than reschedule.
I did not get the original notice despite having forwarded my mail, I ended up printing the one online and using that.
My ceremony was scheduled for 2pm. They did not let us in the building until 1.45pm.
We then lined up one by one observing a 6ft distance shown by markings on the floor into the ceremony room.
There, one office checked our greencards and called out the A number to another officer who found our certificate.
He also checked we had signed the back of the oath ceremony notice.
There were 25 people in the ceremony, despite the notice allowing for one guest, they did not allow any guests.
The officer then gave a brief speech (3-4 mins) and had us all recite the oath of allegiance.
Then, called us by name and we collected our certificate and left the building.
Only other thing worthy of note, I did hear them saying that many of their colleagues had received furlough notices...
Got the notice on June 17th via text/email, was unable to see interview date. I put in a change of address that day.
Moved to FL on June 20th. I was then able to see the oath ceremony was scheduled for Monday, June 29th.
Decided to fly back for the oath ceremony rather than reschedule.
I did not get the original notice despite having forwarded my mail, I ended up printing the one online and using that.
My ceremony was scheduled for 2pm. They did not let us in the building until 1.45pm.
We then lined up one by one observing a 6ft distance shown by markings on the floor into the ceremony room.
There, one office checked our greencards and called out the A number to another officer who found our certificate.
He also checked we had signed the back of the oath ceremony notice.
There were 25 people in the ceremony, despite the notice allowing for one guest, they did not allow any guests.
The officer then gave a brief speech (3-4 mins) and had us all recite the oath of allegiance.
Then, called us by name and we collected our certificate and left the building.
Only other thing worthy of note, I did hear them saying that many of their colleagues had received furlough notices...
Jul 3rd 2020, 5:51 pm
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Re: Finally A Citizen!
Congratulations!
just a note for others: I don't believe the USPS is allowed to forward mail from USCIS.
just a note for others: I don't believe the USPS is allowed to forward mail from USCIS.
Jul 4th 2020, 4:50 pm
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Re: Finally A Citizen!
Jul 4th 2020, 4:50 pm
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Jul 4th 2020, 5:35 pm
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Jul 4th 2020, 5:46 pm
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Re: Finally A Citizen!
The process is entirely dependent on the mailman reading the envelope and following the instruction. A neighbor had some mail go missing and it turned out that her mail addressed to Mrs Toni Doe had been forwarded to the previous resident Mr Tony Doe, under Tony Doe's forward mail instruction!
.... Yes, they coincidentally had the same surname, but were in no way related.Our mailman can't even reliably get mail into the correct mailbox box, with us receiving mail addressed to various neighbors at least a couple of times a month.
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Aug 22nd 2020, 1:01 pm
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Re: Finally A Citizen!
Congratulations, I had my oath ceremony 17th June, therefore our timelines were similar. Your description of how the ceremony was planned with all the social distances enforced sounded exactly the same as mine ( Norfolk, Virginia) So folks that have their big day arriving soon, now have some idea of what to expect.
a big day that lacked on occasion, due to the circumstances that was all over with in an hour.
a big day that lacked on occasion, due to the circumstances that was all over with in an hour.
Aug 22nd 2020, 4:31 pm
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Re: Finally A Citizen!
FIFY.
The process is entirely dependent on the mailman reading the envelope and following the instruction. A neighbor had some mail go missing and it turned out that her mail addressed to Mrs Toni Doe had been forwarded to the previous resident Mr Tony Doe, under Tony Doe's forward mail instruction! .... Yes, they coincidentally had the same surname, but were in no way related.
Our mailman can't even reliably get mail into the correct mailbox box, with us receiving mail addressed to various neighbors at least a couple of times a month.
The process is entirely dependent on the mailman reading the envelope and following the instruction. A neighbor had some mail go missing and it turned out that her mail addressed to Mrs Toni Doe had been forwarded to the previous resident Mr Tony Doe, under Tony Doe's forward mail instruction!
.... Yes, they coincidentally had the same surname, but were in no way related.Our mailman can't even reliably get mail into the correct mailbox box, with us receiving mail addressed to various neighbors at least a couple of times a month.
